The Flash Season 4 Episode 1: “The Flash Reborn”
Directed by Glen Winter
Written by Todd Helbing & Eric Wallace
Starring Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh, Keiynan Lonsdale
Created by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns The CW
Air Date: Tuesday, October 10th, 2017, 8:00pm
Warning! Spoilers below for the season 3 finale of The Flash!
Last season on The Flash, Savitar, aka warped Barry remnant (Grant Gustin), was finally defeated without Iris (Candice Patton) dying because HR (Tom Cavanagh) sacrificed himself instead. There was a giant fight – Killer Frost (Danielle Panabaker) ended up saving Cisco (Carlos Valdes), and Iris took out Savitar. The speed force needed a sacrifice and showed up as Barry’s mother, insisting he needed to go love there or worlds would be destroyed. Julian (Tom Felton) made a cure but Caitlin didn’t take it, although she was on a path to redemption.
Arrow Season 4 Episode 22: “Lost In The Flood”
Directed by Glen Winter
Written by Oscar Balderrama & Brian Ford Sullivan
Created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg
Starring Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, John Barrowman, Paul Blackthorne The CW
Air Date: Wednesday, May 18th, 2016, 8:00pm
Last week on Arrow, nuclear weapons started readying for a strike, seemingly on their own. Rubicon had started “Genesis.” Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) realized she needed her father Noah (Tom Amandes), the Calculator, to hack into the unhackable system. Darhk (Neal McDonough) realized that too, and it was a race for him. Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity (Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, and Rickards) won, and the computer geniuses were able to stop all but one missile for a 24-hour period (after Felicity got fired and they stole stuff – in that order). Lance (Paul Blackthorne) will also probably get fired for being honest about the Black Canary. Lonnie Machim (Alexander Calvert) showed up at the ark for revenge against Darhk. He tried to get Thea (Willa Holland) to stop being a follower. She kicked his ass (to Alex’s detriment).
Legends Of Tomorrow Season 1 Episode 2: “Pilot, Part 2”
Directed by Glen Winter
Written by Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg
Starring Arthur Darvill, Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Ciara Renee, Falk Hentschel, Casper Crump
Created by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, Sarah Schechter The CW
Air Date: Thursday, January 28th, 2016, 8:00pm
Last week the new CW series, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow premiered, and it was a fun ride all the way. Time traveler Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) collected an assortment of good guys and bad guys from Star and Central City, to take down immortal crazyman, Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), in the past to prevent a catastrophic future. The Atom (Brandon Routh), White Canary (Caity Lotz), Firestorm (Franz Drameh and Victor Garber), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell), Hawkman (Falk Hentschel), and Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee) join him and go back to the 70s. While most of the crew is in search for who turns out to be the son of the Hawks (past incarnations of course – he’s way older than them), Cold, Canary, and Heat get into a really fun bar fight.
Legends Of Tomorrow Season 1 Episode 1: “Pilot, Part 1”
Directed by Glen Winter
Written by Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg
Starring Arthur Darvill, Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Ciara Renee, Falk Hentschel, Casper Crump
Created by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, Sarah Schechter The CW
Air Date: Thursday, January 21st, 2016, 8:00pm
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow premiered this evening, and it was as fun as everyone thought it would be. The premise is a geek dream – a motley assortment of villainous heroes, heroic villains, and heroic heroes assembled to travel through time to defeat Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), immortal world dictator. LoT blends Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, and Firestorm (Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Ciara Renee, Falk Hentschel, Victor Garber & Franz Drameh from The Flash, with White Canary and Ray Palmer aka The Atom (Caity Lotz and Brandon Routh) from Arrow, pulled together by the captain of the timeship, Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill).
Supergirl Episode 1.2 “Stronger Together”
Directed by Glen Winter
Written by Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler, Greg Berlanti
Created by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler
Starring Melissa Benoist, Calista Flockhart, Chyler Leigh, Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood, Jeremy Jordan, Helen Slater, Dean Cain, Peter Facinelli, Chris Vance CBS
Air date: Monday, November 2nd, 2015, 8:00pm ET
Last week on Supergirl, we got a faster-than-a-speeding-bullet backstory, which included Superman’s older cousin Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), sent to Earth to protect him. On that journey, she got lost in The Phantom Zone. Now the younger cousin, HE helps her. She is adopted into a family including parents (Dean Cain and Helen Slater), and older sister Alex (Chyler Leigh). Kara works as an assistant to Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart) who runs CatCo, a media giant. James Olsen (Mechad Brooks) is sent by Superman to watch out for Kara, and she outs herself to her friend, Winn (Jeremy Jordan), who makes her costume. Kara decides to give in to her legacy, after saving a doomed plane that her sister was on, and liking that heroic feeling. She discovers her sister is part of a covert government team, the DEO, who is tracking the criminals that escaped from The Phantom Zone along with Kara. The criminals all want revenge on their jailor’s daughter.
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